Moscow is concerned that the final report issued last week by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria’s Douma ignores facts provided to the investigators by Russia and Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry has stated.
“We are concerned that the mission prefers to completely ignore the substantial information provided by the Russian and Syrian parties confirming that this chemical incident had been staged by the pseudo-humanitarian organisation White Helmets”, the ministry said.
The OPCW investigation was launched after the White Helmets group published a video of the reported attack in Douma, which is located in the Damascus neighbourhood of Eastern Ghouta. The video allegedly showed local residents, both adults and children, being treated in the hospital after what they claimed was a chemical attack.